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From left, Robert Irwin, Bindi Irwin and Terri Irwin pose with a recognition from the City of Los Angeles at the ceremony honoring Steve Irwin with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Los Angeles.

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Thursday posthumously honoring the late animal activist Steve Irwin, who hosted the 1996-2007 Animal Planet wildlife documentary series "The Crocodile Hunter."

Members of Irwin's family accepted the star, the 2,635th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 with the first 1,558 stars. Wes Mannion, director of Australia Zoo and Wildlife Warriors who worked closely with Irwin at the zoo, spoke at the ceremony in front of the Iguana Vintage Store on Hollywood Boulevard.

The ceremony came nine days before the Steve Irwin Gala Dinner at the SLS Hotel Beverly Hills, celebrating his passion for wildlife and wild places.

Irwin was born on Feb. 22, 1962, in Ferntree Gully, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. His parents later moved to Beerwah, Queensland, where they opened the Beerwah Reptile and Fauna Park in 1970.

Irwin grew up loving all wildlife, especially reptiles. He caught his first venomous snake, a common brown, when he was 6 years old. He would often arrive late to school after persuading his mother to pull over so he could rescue a lizard off the road.

By the time he was 9 years old, Irwin was helping his father catch small problem crocodiles hanging around boat ramps by jumping on them in the water and wrestling them back into the dinghy.

By 1980, the family wildlife park was called the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park. Irwin worked countless hours caring for the wildlife and maintaining the grounds.

In the 1980s, Irwin spent months on end living in the most remote areas of far North Queensland, catching problem crocodiles. He worked with his dog, Sui, and developed crocodile capture and management techniques that are now utilized with crocodilians around the world.

Irwin took over managing the wildlife park in 1991. A few months later, he met Terri Raines, a visiting tourist. In June 1992, they were married in Eugene, Oregon.

Instead of a honeymoon, the couple embarked on filming a wildlife documentary, which led to"The Crocodile Hunter," which the couple hosted. It was syndicated in many nations and received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 2000 for outstanding children's series.